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Rotorua

Date: November 1958, January 1975

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7915

Description: Transparencies of Rotorua, Hamurana Springs, and Rainbow Mountain, taken November 1958 and January 1975 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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Hughes, R (Mrs) : Photographs of Rotorua district

Date: [ca 1905]

By: Hughes, Rose, 1910-1995

Reference: PAColl-4647

Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: File print at PAColl-6348-50.

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Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :[Sketchbooks] 1883-1899, 1904-1943.

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: E-300-q-1/3

Description: Scenes of the Auckland district, Great Barrier Island, Rotorua, Taranaki, Manawatu, Wellington district, Central Otago Quantity: 3 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 80 pencil drawings, 1 watercolour, in 3 sketchbooks, 260 x 168 mm (blue buckram case)

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Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890 :Tiki-Tapu bush, after eruption

Date: [1886]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-18

Description: View in the Tiki Tapu bush, near Blue Lake, Whakarewarewa, after the Mount Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886, taken by George Dobson Valentine in October 1886. The two men in the foreground are possibly Charles Chapman and Joseph McRae who are known to have accompanied Valentine at this time. Indentical image at PA7-54-03 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tiki-Tapu Bush. After eruption. 119. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28.9 x 18.7 cm

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Artist unknown :Mrs E I Peacock, Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland [1942-1945]

Date: 1942 - 1945

From: Artist unknown: Three illustrated envelopes addressed to Mrs Elsa Peacock

Reference: A-434-053

Description: Envelope sent by Mr Morrie Peacock to his wife on her birthday from the Conscientious Objectors' Camp at Strathmore, Reporoa, hut no. 161. The envelope was illustrated by another inmate of the camp, and shows a man talking and holding a sign with Mrs Peacock's name and address on it. The envelope has a red 2d stamp at top right and a rubber postage stamp from Whenuaroa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on envelope. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on envelope, 91 x 146 mm. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Drawings Paintings and Prints; other material transferred from there, including a funeral service for Elsa Iva Peacock 1918-2010 (Eph-A-FUNERAL-2010), and marriage, birth and death certificates for members of the family (to Manuscripts).

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Okaro Creek 18 months after the eruption of Mount Tarawera

Date: Dec 1887

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-10

Description: View showing the volcanic ash and resulting destruction caused by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in the vicinity of Okaro Creek. A man can be seen surveying the cliffs in the middle distance. Photograph taken by the Burton Bros in Dec 1887. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4553 - On the ash fields Okaro Creek - Dec [18]87 - 18 months after eruption; Recto - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.6 x 28.9 cm

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Creator unknown :Photographs of Wellington, Te Aroha, Gisborne and Rotorua

Date: 1899 - 1912

By: Brown, John Henry, active 1899-1906; Ellerbeck, Laurence Anderson, -1963; Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-3405

Description: Includes school groups in Te Aroha and Gisborne, NZ forces on Queens Wharf, Wellington, prior to departure for South Africa in 1899, and groups of tourists in the Thermal District Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

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[Photographer unknown] :The Whatapahu (Pain in the Belly) geyser. [1882]

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-099-2

Description: Shows the Whatapahu geyser near Rotorua Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Whatapahu (Pain in the Belly) geyser Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 160 x 210 mm

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New Zealand. General Survey Office :The health resorts of New Zealand; the central ther...

Date: 1888

From: New Zealand. General Survey Office :The health resorts of New Zealand; the central thermal springs of the North Island / N.Z. Survey Dept. Wellington, 1888.

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1888-01-cover

Description: An arrangement of text, with a circular inset illustration of a geyser. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 225 x 105 mm.

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Magill, Kenneth, 1910-2000 :View from near Strathmore Camp [Whenuaroa Detention Camp. 1...

Date: 1942 - 1943

By: Magill, Kenneth Thomas, 1910-2000

Reference: A-351-020

Description: Shows a landscape of hills with two monolithic rounded peaks in the backgrouns. Strathmore Camp was also known as Whenuaroa Camp. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on paper glued to cardboard, 229 x 303 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist's brother Paul Magill, in 2001.

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Photograph album containing photomechanical views of New Zealand tourist areas

Date: ca 1910

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-063

Description: Large format photomechanical tourist views of New Zealand taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly published by Wrigglesworth & Binns in "W & B Series". Places shown are listed above. One photograph shows a young maori woman wearing a feather cloak and a hei tiki, and carrying a mere. Other Titles - Robinson III Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 430 x 295mm rebound with blue "Library" marbled covers

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Rotorua District

Date: [ca 1970s-1980s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6909

Description: Photographs of Rotorua District, taken ca 1970s-1980s by John Ingle Includes views of Government Gardens, lakes, Tikitere geothermal area, and an aerial view of Rotorua Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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View of the Rotomahana crater - Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-13

Description: View of steam and gases rising from an area of volcanic ash. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead possibly shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rotomahana crater, N.Z. 850; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20.5 cm

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Rotorua District

Date: November 1958, January 1974, January 1975

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7914

Description: Transparencies of Kerosene Creek, Rainbow Mountain, and Kaituna River, taken 1958, and 1974-1975 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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New Zealand. General Survey Office :The health resorts of New Zealand; the central ther...

Date: 1888

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1888-01

Description: Unfolded brochure, showing various scenes and a map of the thermal area. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 450 x 625 mm.

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Photographs of Rotorua and districts and Oriental Bay, Wellington

From: Smith, Bev, fl 1991 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1956-1

Description: Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs of New Zealand soldiers, World War II :Scenic views of New Zealand

Date: 1939 - 1945

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

Reference: PAColl-2060

Description: Photographs of soldiers in various locations. Scenic views include Rotorua. One photograph of Denis Glover. Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs and postcards relating to the Edward Barber family

Date: ca 1900 - ca 1920

From: Marchant, Barbara Angus, 1915-2011:Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1959

Description: Includes photographs of the family of Edward Barber and scenic views of New Zealand Quantity: 100 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 photocopy/ies.

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Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948 :[Crouched figure with flax basket by a hot pool]. [1...

Date: 1882

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :Sketches by A. L. Haylock, 1882.

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-1-006

Description: A Maori man with a flax kete and a plate, cooking food in a hot pool. A pipe alongside the pool has steam rising from it. Extended Title - from Sketches by A L Haylock, 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing

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World War, 1939-1945. Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal Air Force

Date: [ca 1927-1952]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-148

Description: Photographs of aircraft: T-6 (NZ944) flying over Christchurch city; pile of ammunition; American Kittyhawk and their NZ pilots; Tiger Moth on Forest Fire Patrol for State Forest Department flying over forest in the Rotorua area, ca 1949-1952; King George VI at Cranwell RAF Aerodrome, Lincolnshire to see RAF cadets in training; Devon aircraft (De Havilland); `Southern Cross' at Wigram, Sep 1927; `Southern Cross' being photographed from a cine cameraman in a Bristol fighter by a photographer in a third plane, 1927. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

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